Panera+Bread



I agree about dividing it up before leaving. I can't view the pptx version at work and can't print the color copy. (If someone has a chance to save as .ppt that would help but no big deal) I'll get to nku early and look over the final version as well. Busy day at work, see you guys in class. Kyle

I am sure black and white is fine.

Hi Guys. I can print the presentation but it will be in black and white. If anyone has access to a color printer we may want to print it in color. Either way I will bring a copy of v10 with me (in black and white) to turn in, incase he surpirses us and asks us to present. I agree that we should probably divide up the presentation before we leave class. It will also help give us an idea on what to focus on while reading the cases. We can talk more about it tonight. See you guys later. - Jeremy



I agree with either needing to meet when he starts grading these or we need to assign who is doing which part after class. If I had to guess I would say we will hear 2 presentations tonight and I am guessing that we would not have to present since we did last time.

I made a few small changes to the presentation. Can someone print the final copy? I will not have access to a printer today. Ray

Nice job. I wonder if we are having 2 presentations tonight? Tom

I added 2 more slides to the competetive landscape in addition to Tom's. "Competition beyond commercial eateries" and "Competitors and strategy". - Dan

Here is what I have. I moved most of slide 17 to competitive landscape. WIKI sucks....kept getting a “sorry down for system maint” bullshit We really need to meet and get on the same page etc for the presentations that count. No idea how this guy will grade but I really want an A. I am not sleeping tonite so may still mess around with this. Tom

I am working on comp. landscape. Tom, there is still mkt overview (demand) - Dan

I am working until 6pm today(12 hours Saturday and 12 hours Sunday sucks). I will get on it when I get home. I actually think their francising rules are the way to go. Maybe a slight easing of requirements for more aggressive growth would help but I like the way they control everything so tightly. If you are strong enough to franchise, it is easy money. Penn Station is the same way and they have only had one store be unsuccessful since first opening. I think they still require 5 stores at a time and last time I checked into it they were talking about changing that to 8 stores at a time. Tom

I added a PEST slide. I didn't think that there was anything political or tech mentioned in the case study. Please let me know if you disagree. I'll check back after 9 and work on whatever is needed. Tom, feel free to deligate one of the two remaining parts to me.

For the recommendations, the first thing I thought when I read the case was that their franchisee requirments may be a barrier to growth. If they allowed a franchisee to only have 1 location, would that help grow into untapped markets? The 15 locations in 6 years thing seems crazy to me.

Dan



I added a slide about supply chain as well as high/low and untapped markets. I also added a couple additional recommendations. I added a few opportunities to the SWOT. Kyle - I did not see your slide on the cometition. Maybe it got cut somehow.

I have to get a few other things done this afternoon but I will be back online tonight. Please let me know if you need me to add anything else. Ray

All, I updated Jeremy's v4 with another slide for analysis of Panera's competitors. I think the slide will be useful if we're looking at acquisition as a recommendation. There are two recommendations at the end of the ppt, please add any of your ideas for Panera moving forward. I would not recommend acquiring Bruegger's because they give Panera nothing that acquiring Au Bon Pain can't give (unless we want to recommend Panera rule out international expansion). I would recommend acquiring Corner Bakery (as was noted on the first post) due to the limited number of locations, comparatively, as well as their avg revenue per meal and avg capital investment are in line with Panera's current structure. Kyle

Ray, I think you are right. Tom if you need any help on those let us know. I just updated the slides with some pictures I pulled from Panera's website. If it is too much feel free to take them out. Thanks, Jeremy.

I think the 2 ideas left are market overview (demand) and competitive landscape. Has anyone else already claimed those?

-Ray

What parts should I be working on today? Tom

All, just read the case. I'll work on the PEST and get something out by the early afternoon. Kyle, I agree that the bargaining power of buyers is high.

Thanks, Dan

All, I've updated the ppt with my slides. Please confirm that you agree with my assessment on the rankings of Porter's Five Forces. I'm not as confident on the Bargaining Power of Buyers. Thanks

I'm working on my slides now. I'll do the Industry Overview and start on the Recommendations. If you already have any ideas/thoughts on both sections please add or edit them into my slides. Thanks, Kyle



All, Here are my slides. I did the Overview/History and also added my ideas for the SWOT. I thought we could add a Contents slide this time and each time we change to another section/topic bring the contents slide up and show which topic we are going to talk about. Let me know what you all think, if I need to change anything please let me know.

Thanks, Jeremy

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Looks good Ray. I am woirking on my slides now. I will take the first part (brief history/overview and key question(s). I will add my slides to yours later tonight.

Thanks, Jeremy



Hi guys,

Attached is what I have so far. I plan on doing 3 more slides later this afternoon or sometime tomorrow before 2pm. I want to do one breaking down Panera's financials, compare/contrasting corporate and franchise, one about Panera's internal distribution channels and partnership with Dawn foods, and one with their current location breakdown and lack of locations in south and west.

Please let me know what you think and if there are additional items you would like me to add to the internal analysis.

Thanks, Ray

Hi guys, I will finish up reading the case tonight and plan on working on my slides Saturday as well. Ray if you want to do the internal analysis that sounds good to me. I can do whatever, if you guys want to call out your parts by Saturday that is fine with me. Sometime tomrrow I will jump back on here and grab whatever is left or let you know what I will take after I finish the case. Thanks - Jeremy.

I forgot to put my name on the post below. My plan is to work on my part of the presentation on Saturday. I was thinking about doing Internal Analysis. Does that work?

-Ray



Hi guys,

Attached are my notes from the Panera case. What better way to spend a snow day then having a beer and reading about bread. Pretty short case with not a lot of info. I think the main problem we are looking at is if Panera's expansion plan and reliance on franchise partners is the right strategy for the future. I am up for tackling any part of the presentation, just let me know. I am thinking that maybe we should recommend some type of merger/acquisition, since that has been his answer to every case so far. Maybe buying Corner Bakery or McAllisters?